Gulper Eel Balloons Its Massive Jaws | Nautilus Live

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  • @theplanetthief3810
    @theplanetthief3810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4641

    1:27
    Eel: *starts to deflate*
    Scientists: *excited scientist noises*

  • @lordoffungi5387
    @lordoffungi5387 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3827

    The way it wiggles at the end to fold the skin in properly. Dope.

    • @adiaz2469
      @adiaz2469 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hey man since u like sublime. I'm sure I'll like the band "Fat lipped fish". Check em out on TH-cam

    • @gregorymalchuk272
      @gregorymalchuk272 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      I do the same thing to fold my foreskin in properly.

    • @BTN725
      @BTN725 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But where does it go?!?

    • @SobboMonkeVR
      @SobboMonkeVR 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Have you seen airplanes reverse thrust? That is how they look like.

    • @a.randomjack6661
      @a.randomjack6661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd say that's magic. :)

  • @tonyfanfarone
    @tonyfanfarone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2361

    I remember reading about these gulper eels when I was 6, and at my Nan’s house. Artists rendering only. Hahaha.
    I just turned 55 and am thrilled to have access to the incredible video of these fish as well as the others this tech and enthusiastic scientific minds provide. Thanks.

    • @savvystrick6991
      @savvystrick6991 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Same! I use to want to be a marine biologist and always saw pictures of these. But I honestly wanted to see it on video and now this has me so amazed!

    • @Zeffarian
      @Zeffarian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Same here. I remember only being able to see drawings or paintings of these things when I was a kid in the 80s. But now all of the deep sea creatures that were previously only depicted via drawings or dead remains can be viewed in full video. Gulper eels, oarfish, snipe eels, deep sea anglers, barreleye fish, viperfish, and even the giant squid! It's amazing to finally be able to see them all. Some of them even turned out to be weirder than I could have imagined.

    • @KrillLiberator
      @KrillLiberator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have a feeling that, if you were reading the books I was at that age and time, you were introduced to the *true* Gulper Eels, not this related Pelican Eel (different genus). I know when I googled these, I was not expecting something with this head shape, but rather a vertical lower jaw and a cylindrical body and whip tail. That would be a separate animal.
      Scientists should know better than to use conflicting common names.

    • @tonyfanfarone
      @tonyfanfarone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@KrillLiberator yes, I agree. I have been an aquarium hobbiest for thirty five years before taking a break from it.
      Scientific names are the only way. Often it helps one learn Latin also. Hahaha.

    • @jyggalag169
      @jyggalag169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This was actually a scientifically significant find too. This wasnt a known behavior before this video.

  • @katsu_199x
    @katsu_199x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4955

    "is it... Engorged??? Or does it just kinda.... Look like that...?"
    Glad to know the marine biologist has the same reaction to Random Creatures as the rest of us, lmao

    • @pitou6084
      @pitou6084 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Lol it’s so funny to read this

    • @themotions5967
      @themotions5967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      I’m a zoology doctorate student, and regardless of how much I have been around animals and how much I have come to learn about them, their lives, their behaviors, and their habitats, they always manage to surprise me in at least someway everyday.
      This is especially true if your someone who is specializing in field research like these guys, there is never any telling what is to be found out there or, what it’s even doing lol.
      This is especially true for those of us who have a career specialty in marine life.

    • @KrillLiberator
      @KrillLiberator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The trained scientist asks the questions that we might not - we go "Coo, big head fishy thingy".

    • @jyggalag169
      @jyggalag169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@themotions5967 the thing people also dont realize with the EV Nautilus crew is that theyre not all marine biologists. Some are, others are oceanographers, ROV technicians, geologists, or whatever other relevant weird bit of science theyre pursuing. Animals are still cool for them and they’ll nerd out like the rest, but it isnt their wheelhouse so thats why you get the differences in questions.

    • @sarahb6518
      @sarahb6518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Education shouldn't stop questions. It simply helps you ask the correct questions. In turn finding the correct answer.

  • @norrinradd3549
    @norrinradd3549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +476

    Having seen pictures of this eel, in lots of books, and even specimens in jars in museums, you still don’t get a proper idea, of how they look in life, as well as not having any idea of how their interact within the areas they inhabit, or how they move about........
    So having these videos, made available to anyone who is interested in them, is obviously wonderful, and it makes the Internet worthwhile, and I am eternally grateful to everyone who helps in making the videos, as well as that make them available to us all........
    Once again, thank you 🙏🏻 to everyone involved in these videos........

    • @kymriel
      @kymriel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Stop, putting commas, after every, damn, thought

    • @AnxGAR
      @AnxGAR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@kymriel stop letting the dumbest things bother you enough to be so rude under someone's comment who is just simply showing gratitude.

    • @kingofbruhssia4639
      @kingofbruhssia4639 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same as blob fish, before we captured the live video of them nobody thought they were as normal as other fish

    • @flintsky7706
      @flintsky7706 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The, Gulper Eel, is, quite a fascinating, marine animal.

    • @KrillLiberator
      @KrillLiberator 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, that's how I feel too. Spot on.

  • @thegriffin88
    @thegriffin88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +802

    I love the sound of collective recognition when it deflates.

  • @vermeerdragyl341
    @vermeerdragyl341 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2239

    "Touch it"
    Bikini Bottom Police Officer : Don't touch

    • @adiosgd5687
      @adiosgd5687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      dont touch!

    • @lizlee8715
      @lizlee8715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Touch

    • @Akainu_D._Ace
      @Akainu_D._Ace 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It should be Rock Bottom Police Officer. Gulper Eel is a deep sea fish.

    • @Zyk0th
      @Zyk0th 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@lizlee8715 Do I have to follow you all day?

    • @adriellightvale8140
      @adriellightvale8140 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Zyk0th W-wait, Jeffrey! I have to touch you!

  • @reves3333
    @reves3333 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2592

    "This isn't even my final form!!!"

  • @incognitoburrito7458
    @incognitoburrito7458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +827

    I swear, the types of things these marine biologists say when they’re exploring is so wholesome and full of passion for the ocean, it’s adorable.

    • @DrLumpyDMus
      @DrLumpyDMus ปีที่แล้ว

      What you hear on the video is not "The types of things marine biologist say when they're exploring".

    • @classicgfunkk3811
      @classicgfunkk3811 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thank you for your input Craig🙏

  • @SnappyPenguin566
    @SnappyPenguin566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +848

    How I thought scientists talked: "This is a unique-looking specimen."
    How scientists actually talk: "He looks like a Muppet."

  • @whizzersterriblehorribleno773
    @whizzersterriblehorribleno773 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7922

    “It looks like a muppet :)”
    “Touch it!!!”
    “Lookit his little face :D”
    Being a scientist sounds like so much fun

    • @josiahb4483
      @josiahb4483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Whizzer's terrible horrible no good very bad day trust me it isn't...

    • @joyeetakar7773
      @joyeetakar7773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +206

      It isn't. It's frustrating. But if it something you are passionate about, you can have fun with it sometimes.

    • @kevin6293
      @kevin6293 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      “Touch it” isn’t something respected scientists say.

    • @SALVA710N
      @SALVA710N 4 ปีที่แล้ว +280

      @@kevin6293 no fun allowed

    • @darkmoonthedirewolf9231
      @darkmoonthedirewolf9231 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's so hilarious XD

  • @luckylokilight
    @luckylokilight 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6843

    "Or is it...like that?" Lol I love that even Knowledgeable Scientists still ask the same questions as us lololol

    • @allmydreamscametofateaway7714
      @allmydreamscametofateaway7714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      😂😂😂

    • @rebella_alld5108
      @rebella_alld5108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +367

      I love their enthusiasm. You expected to be all cool and collected and scientific and boring, but they are just as amazed, if not even more, as we are.

    • @AngelMartinez-hv6fj
      @AngelMartinez-hv6fj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      @@rebella_alld5108 Well yeah, they're just normal people doing what they love

    • @RonLarhz
      @RonLarhz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Science is constant discovery and updating.
      Smdh you people.

    • @glacialguy5889
      @glacialguy5889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Despite knowing that much about the field their in, it is the deep ocean (the largest and least explored ecosystem on Earth), so you can’t really be sure you are actually going to find. It could be a fish, a plastic bag, a worm, or something completely new entirely. You never know.

  • @evilferris
    @evilferris 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1545

    “ Touch it.“ 😂

    • @T1Earn
      @T1Earn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      the Me of the group

    • @JoeWisniewski
      @JoeWisniewski 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Lick it

    • @beachboardfan9544
      @beachboardfan9544 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Definitely should have at least poked it with a stick

    • @keepvent
      @keepvent 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Можно или нельзя? Сунуть туда член. put a dick, realy?

    • @titanexprime4970
      @titanexprime4970 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      bop it

  • @joeri_o_criador
    @joeri_o_criador 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4668

    Me: Being a marine scientists must be a really serious job
    Marine Scientists: *"I think he ate too much"*
    *"He's doing the s h a k e"*
    *"Touch it"*
    These guys are so cool

    • @themotions5967
      @themotions5967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      Even seeing something that could be remotely considered/misconstrued as a new species, or behavior we haven’t seen in a documented species is enough excitement for us to pretty much go into kid in a candy shop mentality.
      Not to mention these guys are already giddy as can be considering they are doing front line field work right now which is always a blast.

    • @whitehorses460
      @whitehorses460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      marine scientist lol, lets giggle at an eel.

    • @rayhayden6220
      @rayhayden6220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      "Lookit his lil face! :D"

    • @patimationstudios
      @patimationstudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      We really ticked him off

    • @timlampasona6925
      @timlampasona6925 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This is how all zoologists are, just big kids lmao

  • @iannordin5250
    @iannordin5250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +757

    It's crazy that none of these trained marine biologists were able to immediately recognize perhaps one of the most well-known deep-sea creatures in the wild because no one has ever actually seen what they look like when fully puffed out before. Really goes to show you how important studying animals in their natural habitat is.

    • @rektyrektingson4668
      @rektyrektingson4668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Well said

    • @sassa82
      @sassa82 ปีที่แล้ว

      They act like know-nothing high school students. Is it because they are american s?

    • @patronsaintofpoison
      @patronsaintofpoison 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

      This behavior wasnt even known before this footage, ofcourse one of them wouldve known it upon seeing that

    • @Zzyzzyzzs
      @Zzyzzyzzs 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I'm pretty sure I was screaming "Gulper eel!" at the stream when it happened. Among all the animals in the deep sea that one really is unmistakeable. I don't mean any of that as a criticism, just saying they're such cool remarkable animals.

    • @4362mont
      @4362mont 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      SINCE most of these fish dver seen were dead already & worse for wear, I'd hesitate to call the species 'well-known'.

  • @zuko1569
    @zuko1569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4586

    "Awh look at this eel so cute and tiny"
    *opens massive jaw*
    "Nevermind."

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      I still think he's cute! Deep sea surprise roumdboi 💜

    • @Dabajaws
      @Dabajaws 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Atleast its not a pelican eel cause those things give me nightmares

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@Dabajaws Yes it is. 🙂 Gulper eel and pelican eel is the same thing. I dunno why, I just think they're cute!

    • @veryconcernedjesus2584
      @veryconcernedjesus2584 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Zuzu
      Take ur unoriginal comment and go back into hiding like Justin Y

    • @chaosticbraindo
      @chaosticbraindo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Still cute :3

  • @squidmax1
    @squidmax1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +758

    I first heard about these things when I was six and always wanted to see a video of one. This might be the first good video of them ever.

    • @shroomzed2947
      @shroomzed2947 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Watch Blue Planet’s ‘The Deep’. They have some decent footage of a gulper opening its mouth.

  • @scottpilgrim1518
    @scottpilgrim1518 5 ปีที่แล้ว +843

    Love the scientist who undoubtedly has degrees and is way more intelligent than most of us, is first reflex to seeing something new is “touch it!!”

    • @elvondrago96
      @elvondrago96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      thats the first sign of contact. Touching!

    • @susumaxxxing
      @susumaxxxing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      This brings me back when first saw a anthill, being the smart kid i was i put my whole fist into the anthill and that was not a fun experience at all.

    • @jordangarcia465
      @jordangarcia465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      nocash what could possibly go wrong?

    • @mehboobkm2018
      @mehboobkm2018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      This just proves we are all just kids before this vast universe.. They just saw something they have not seen before..

    • @riwjr
      @riwjr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Touching things can be used in studies and is the first step in making observations for Scientific Research.
      Also like

  • @RuffledRowlit
    @RuffledRowlit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5134

    Gotta love how these proffesional scientists are acting like a bunch of 12 year olds that just got their hands on slime or something, ”ohhh touch it :D” hehe gotta love it 😂

    • @thistles
      @thistles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      I used to work at an estuarine ecology lab, and sorting specimens is guaranteed to turn grad students into middle schoolers.

    • @mehboobkm2018
      @mehboobkm2018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      When you enjoy what you do!!

    • @Sleepy12ftPanda
      @Sleepy12ftPanda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      The soul of all science. Poking stuff with sticks.

    • @efethecaptain6
      @efethecaptain6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Can't imagine them dead-serious. I mean there are some probably but what would the point of this channel be then ?

    • @cocoapowderful
      @cocoapowderful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Its called being American

  • @Mogu003
    @Mogu003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    "in my professional scientific opinion,
    It looks like a Muppet."

  • @justicevasey2295
    @justicevasey2295 6 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    A gulper eel? Please. That was a living otamatone.

    • @clydecrocodile101
      @clydecrocodile101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol I was thinking that

    • @matthewtopping2061
      @matthewtopping2061 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      *automaton

    • @GenesisTheKitty
      @GenesisTheKitty ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@matthewtopping2061this is a very confident reply for someone who is extremely wrong!

    • @matthewtopping2061
      @matthewtopping2061 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GenesisTheKitty I don't even remember what this is in reference to.

  • @sovereignvanu3703
    @sovereignvanu3703 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2245

    It's mind blowing how alien these creatures appear to us despite living on Earth longer than we have.

    • @azazelRising72
      @azazelRising72 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Perception is a crazy thing, isn't it?

    • @WHALEx3
      @WHALEx3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Seems pretty natural to me. It’s not all that surprising after being subscribed to this channel for a while.

    • @rexyoutu9817
      @rexyoutu9817 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      i don't think they actually lived on earth longer than humans have

    • @WHALEx3
      @WHALEx3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      depends on what kind of human you are talking about

    • @rexyoutu9817
      @rexyoutu9817 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      dancing humans

  • @reyadhrahaman7778
    @reyadhrahaman7778 6 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    I've known about gulper eels for a while, but I had no idea they ballooned like that as a defence mechanism. I've also never seen such clear footage of one before. Awesome video, keep posting them!

  • @theotherside931
    @theotherside931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    *"Touch it"*
    *The script in every Hollywood horror movie.*

  • @sophies806
    @sophies806 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I manage to stumble back upon this video every year or so and I always get a smile on my face when the marine scientists are baffled like little children.

    • @sassa82
      @sassa82 ปีที่แล้ว

      More like a bunch of know nothing american high school students.

  • @Nartss
    @Nartss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    0:36 "O-Oh, it's t h i c c"

  • @BeltofOrion
    @BeltofOrion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    Gulper Eels are my favorite animal, I did a report on eels in elementary school and I saw this thing and loved it, cannot believe such clear footage of it was taken! Absolutely brilliant.

    • @spoonky85
      @spoonky85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had to do a project on giant squid in 5th grade and ever since I've been obsessed!

    • @EclypseXx
      @EclypseXx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've known about these eels sense I was 4, lol. I love them too, they're so cool

    • @victorl9461
      @victorl9461 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @solar flora who asked you?

    • @Akira_1008
      @Akira_1008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@victorl9461 wow aren't you cool harassing someone for sharing a public comment in a comment section whos purpose is for free commentary on a video🙄

  • @BrunaNeptune
    @BrunaNeptune 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1334

    "Is that a fish?"
    Me: it's a swimming musical note!!

  • @slaayerr1
    @slaayerr1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    Not gonna lie the eel was moving in such an awkward way he almost looked like he was poorly animated on a computer

    • @fortified
      @fortified 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's how you know when things are computer rendered. They move too well 🤣

    • @TransferAir
      @TransferAir 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Like the "deep fake-" morph-clips nowadays ...
      kinda scary how far the technology evolved since AVATAR until now in 10 years.

  • @sicm2680
    @sicm2680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +467

    Eel: *inflates*
    Scientists: "wtf is that ??"
    Eel: *0.000001 seconds into deflating*
    Scientists: "AHH YES THE GULPIUS EELIOUS IS AN AQUATIC CREATURE THAT..."

    • @KrillLiberator
      @KrillLiberator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Eatius slobbius (Warner, 1958)

    • @CrystalRose1111
      @CrystalRose1111 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmfao

    • @egodragonvm66
      @egodragonvm66 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Personally I call it the living soup ladle.

  • @Fhenix6
    @Fhenix6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +397

    That was so rad! Especially after he opened his mouth & became so tiny. Plus it's always hilarious to hear the scientists read the little guy before figuring out what it is haha!

    • @manwtf3883
      @manwtf3883 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lil guy was read to FILTH oh lawd

  • @vaporvvaves
    @vaporvvaves 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4799

    Eel: : |
    Scientists: :0 ???
    Eel: :O
    Scientists: :O !!!

  • @stsars13
    @stsars13 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4044

    Extremely intelligent science guy: "TOUCH IT!"
    JUST A BUNCH OF TWELVE YEAR OLDS LOL!

    • @CoppermineTypeK
      @CoppermineTypeK 5 ปีที่แล้ว +362

      Mina CrayCray I’ll have you know they are PROFESSIONAL 12 year olds

    • @DotDotDotDashDashDashDotDotDot
      @DotDotDotDashDashDashDotDotDot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      Mina CrayCray scientists are just kids who never grew up tbh and that's why i want to be one, it's more fun than to live a life of just despair.

    • @johnhorton9637
      @johnhorton9637 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Oh come on. Those of us including myself are not so grown up 12 year olds. The job these people have in my opinion is one of the best jobs to have.

    • @fetusofetuso2122
      @fetusofetuso2122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      that's how scientists make discoveries, by having the open mindedness of 12 year olds.

    • @fl00fydragon
      @fl00fydragon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      A scientist is a person who retains the sense of wonder from our childhood and wants to learn more.

  • @timallen643
    @timallen643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Just when you think you've seen everything then something like that happens to amaze you. It makes you feel like a kid again just learning about sea life. By the way that's the best clearest water I've seen in years

  • @SonOfMeme
    @SonOfMeme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He did it. He blew up, and then acted like he didn't know them.
    What a hero.

  • @andyfriederichsen
    @andyfriederichsen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +484

    I actually thought it had a meal in it's mouth before it opened it's jaws.

    • @victoriarglez
      @victoriarglez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Probably it had, in the description says something about this creature capturing it's preys like a pelican.

    • @torresfishingFL
      @torresfishingFL 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same lol

  • @harukatakahashi8822
    @harukatakahashi8822 6 ปีที่แล้ว +419

    This is like SUPER RARE FOOTAGE

    • @angelcarreno6544
      @angelcarreno6544 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Probably the first time a LIVE gulper eel has been recorded

    • @saintsyndicate5435
      @saintsyndicate5435 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do u live under a rock?

    • @sawspitfire422
      @sawspitfire422 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No I live in a pineapple under the sea, duh

    • @stewpidasso3910
      @stewpidasso3910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sawspitfire422 my friend Patrick lives under a rock

  • @genesiskravitz8621
    @genesiskravitz8621 6 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    These people are literally living my childhood dream. I wanted to be a marine biologist. I’ve instead chosen nursing but my love still lives with sea life.

    • @yesfan157
      @yesfan157 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Live your dream! Get into marine biology, if you can.

    • @sailor3047
      @sailor3047 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      you can always change professions chief

    • @Thyalwaysseek
      @Thyalwaysseek 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are doing more for the benefit of humanity than these people looking at fish.

    • @Thyalwaysseek
      @Thyalwaysseek 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sometimes there is more value in things that are the least exciting, glorified park rangers don't get paid very well and it's not always as exciting as it appears.

    • @paran315
      @paran315 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you made the smart choice. I also wanted to be a research scientist, so much so that I switched from nursing to biotech after 2 yrs of college. Grad school is a must when it comes to becoming a biological scientist, so off I went, just to drop out a little over a year later. A bachelor's biotech degree is useless when it comes to getting a job, I am regretting so much about leaving nursing.

  • @vipervirus081
    @vipervirus081 4 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    *tiny spec in the distance*
    Scientists: "what is it?"
    Gulper: *angy bulging*
    Scientists: "awwwww :D"

  • @mrmars4939
    @mrmars4939 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Giddy scientist commentary should be the new norm for any captured nature footage. It’s so charming!

  • @IDrewD
    @IDrewD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    I love the gasping that ensues after it opens its mouth.

  • @RelaxWithReena
    @RelaxWithReena 6 ปีที่แล้ว +761

    WOWWWW.. lil shapeshifter! :) I'm regretting never pursuing marine biology for my degree lol... but thankful you guys post these awesome clips!

    • @Kennypowers51
      @Kennypowers51 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'm sure you will be happy with your useless psychology degree while you are bartending.

    • @romanalonzo9045
      @romanalonzo9045 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@Kennypowers51 ppppppft rude

    • @tymmac007
      @tymmac007 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me too, I wanted to become one in high school but never pursued it.

    • @BasketballStud99
      @BasketballStud99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@Kennypowers51 ignoramus

    • @arnoldconnor5120
      @arnoldconnor5120 6 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Speaking of Psychology, stop projecting dude! You could certainly use a few therapy sessions...

  • @tinalin2894
    @tinalin2894 6 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    I remember watching this live and thinking, "What the heck is that weird balloon thingy?" and then laughing my butt off when the eel opened its mouth lol

    • @augustevening27
      @augustevening27 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I was watching this live too! Up until this point it was just a nice calming thing in the background while I worked but my husband and I were both like, WHOA! Did you see that?! Amazing!!

    • @tinalin2894
      @tinalin2894 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      augustevening27 😂

  • @patronsaintofpoison
    @patronsaintofpoison 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Every time I start crying for the future (sobbing hysterically, actually), I come here and I watch this video, and the extremely genuine and intelligent reaction of these scientists always makes me laugh.
    This one video will save my life every time

    • @littlecaladan
      @littlecaladan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We’re gonna be okay 🙏❤️✨

  • @Euphreimus
    @Euphreimus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This will forever be on the top 10 of my favorite youtube videos of all time!!!

  • @cooldude6269
    @cooldude6269 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1086

    This is probably the best footage that exists of this creature and will contribute so much to science. Thank you.
    I hate it.

    • @thatonepotatopotatogarden9125
      @thatonepotatopotatogarden9125 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +1

    • @zegamingcuber857
      @zegamingcuber857 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I just read that in GLaDOS’ voice.

    • @davewolf6256
      @davewolf6256 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I've always wondered, why do flat earthers choose whether the world is round as the scientific orthodoxy they want to protest? Isn't that a lot easier to prove than, say, proving the force of gravity? Isn't it easier to argue that time does not exist? Either would be harder for scientists to prove than the roundness of the earth.

    • @mar-veldc9497
      @mar-veldc9497 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahahahaa

    • @myorkka
      @myorkka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Guess 123 bro

  • @-crestamorph-6871
    @-crestamorph-6871 6 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    *”INFLATE HIMSELF... JUST LIKE A BALLOON.”*

    • @furbearingbrick
      @furbearingbrick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      THIS CRAZY EEL JUST DIGS THIS TUNE

    • @muskatDR
      @muskatDR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But this eel, has a funny face

    • @raskacio9192
      @raskacio9192 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most people do, now they are called "land whales".

  • @Shamariah2011
    @Shamariah2011 6 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    Soooo enjoyable to watch...and to hear the scientists’ awe!

    • @MrPacMan36
      @MrPacMan36 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Awe and know immediately what it is

    • @BKnerosky
      @BKnerosky 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are they scientist? They act like teen age kids

    • @crayolaclouds2696
      @crayolaclouds2696 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@BKnerosky yes, they are marine biologists. They're merely excited, most scientists act this way in the field

    • @itsokay7989
      @itsokay7989 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@crayolaclouds2696 no they don't

  • @altusshow7574
    @altusshow7574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Watching their obvious excitement and intrigue was unexpectedly wholesome. I'm glad you guys are out there doing what you love!

  • @jaydalove6240
    @jaydalove6240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I could cry! I have been following, whatever I could to see these guys for yrs! What great footage. Thank u for sharing. These guys are my most favorite. Gulper eels, spiny eels, wolf eels monkey face eels. I love eels.

  • @titan133760
    @titan133760 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Possibly the best footage of a gulper eel to date

  • @gryfandjane
    @gryfandjane 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    And this is why I've subscribed to your channel. Videos like this one keep me coming back! Amazing.

  • @Rainygirl3100
    @Rainygirl3100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    it looks like a music note when it's ballooned up lol

    • @dfquartzidn6151
      @dfquartzidn6151 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Now that you mention it, it does! 😆

    • @Cymopoleia
      @Cymopoleia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is so cute lol

    • @greminboye
      @greminboye 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      PangoPixel I agree

  • @sonofhades57
    @sonofhades57 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gulper eel out here doing his best otamatone impression.

  • @dsdy1205
    @dsdy1205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    tfw they zoom out and you realise the area isn't sunlit, it's just the ROV's spotlight being THAT powerful

  • @izayaorihara5516
    @izayaorihara5516 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I've always been a great fan of Gulper Eels since I was a kid, really amazing to get some good footage of one! (And then have it look so incredibly grumpy, beautiful)

    • @dfquartzidn6151
      @dfquartzidn6151 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You’ve known about this specimen since, you were a child? I’ve only known a few species of aquatic animals, when I was younger. You’re awesome.

    • @izayaorihara5516
      @izayaorihara5516 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah, I've always been a huge fan of all the deep sea animals, even held a presentation about giant squids at school once. :D Than you!

    • @Epscylon
      @Epscylon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Izaya Orihara Oh gosh, me too. I'm always baffled when people think deep sea critters are terrifying. ❤️

  • @GlaciusTS
    @GlaciusTS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    YES! This is what I like to see. This is one of the best videos I’ve seen from you, right up there with the Viperfish and Sperm Whale. This is the sort of footage you don’t get anywhere else. Beautiful.
    While you guys are out there collecting data, I think it is worth noting the work you do in expanding our Library of footage of rarely seen organisms. This makes a lot of lives a little better for having seen it. Thank You.

  • @crowing7
    @crowing7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    When someone says "you have a big mouth," you show them this!

  • @shilloe13
    @shilloe13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This was recommended to me twice this week, and I still clicked.

  • @DarkArtistKaiser
    @DarkArtistKaiser ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always find it amusing how that your often given a idea of what scientists are like when your a kid and onward of this super serious people of a much different status than most.
    Then you see stuff like this and realize they're just people like us.

  • @henricoshawty85
    @henricoshawty85 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    That reaction once everybody saw that mouth was absolutely MasterCard priceless!!! 😂😂😂

  • @amandac8836
    @amandac8836 5 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    "Is it engorged or is it like that?"
    *laughs in 12 year-old*

    • @misssmisssymaria
      @misssmisssymaria 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Amanda C “It just got so big!” 😂

  • @PoeticSonic
    @PoeticSonic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    An anaconda can dislodge its jaw to eat a way larger pray than it's size.....
    Gulper eal: hold my slime.

    • @thehulk86
      @thehulk86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      actually that's a myth. Snake's don't unhinge or dislodge their jaws at all, it's just that the lower jaw (which is composed of 2 separate pieces) is connected to the rest of the skull by elastic ligaments that they use to 'walk' over prey too large to swallow normally, which is everything in the case of large constrictors

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *prey (Also, eels are not in the least bit slimy.)

    • @thehulk86
      @thehulk86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Jack Snow Oh yeah, I forgot, we're both right. Or wrong, I guess lol. What they actually do is a combination of both things. The snake skull is only loosely connected by very elastic tendons and is composed of 4 parts (the left and right halves of the skull and bottom jaw). There is articulation between the jaw and the rest of the skull, but the snake unhinges it when it swallows something. That's why you see snakes 'yawning' so much, they're readjusting the various parts of their skull and jawbones.

  • @Nerffle
    @Nerffle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have been watching this on repeat for half an hour now. Nature just blows my mind sometimes.

  • @shelbybabcock8779
    @shelbybabcock8779 ปีที่แล้ว

    “Looks like a muppet.”
    “Touch it.”
    Two of my favorite lines in the whole video. I keep coming back to this whenever I need cheering up.

  • @MauroTamm
    @MauroTamm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    So a school of gulper eels is called a song?

    • @MichaelHarto
      @MichaelHarto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Cos they look like a bunch of key notes? Haha

    • @joeyvindictive3552
      @joeyvindictive3552 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You see what they call a group of crows?

  • @douchemccracken449
    @douchemccracken449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    ”Look at its litte face!”
    ”It’s kind of like googly eyes.”

  • @moara4144
    @moara4144 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm a curator of a natural history museum, and we have one of these in our collection... So cool to see it alive! I'll definitely be sharing this video!

  • @chessplayer6632
    @chessplayer6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The wholesomeness of this video makes me so happy

  • @MontuckyGirl75
    @MontuckyGirl75 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best part of all these videos is the scientists’ conversations and unique laughter!

  • @augustevening27
    @augustevening27 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My husband and I were watching this live. Up until this point it there wasn't a whole lot of action; one of the narrators/scientists even called out the lack of fauna in the area they were exploring. This was right at the end of the team's watch and they were getting ready to change shifts and then this happened - SUCH a fun thing to catch live! What a moment for them and the 60-odd people watching live that night :)

  • @RebelEight-z7q
    @RebelEight-z7q 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "Is it mad?"... "touch it" 🤣 you can hear another guy do the thats-a-crazy-idea-but-i-like-it laugh in the background 😂

  • @MrSlanderer
    @MrSlanderer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I experienced uncanny valley watching it. This is very unique footage. I don't think this behavior has ever been seen.

  • @jellybloop5454
    @jellybloop5454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    pufferfish: finally a worthy opponent. our battle will be LEGENDARY!

  • @emilyn.1526
    @emilyn.1526 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The videos on this channel instantly cure my boredom. These guys are awesome :)

  • @potatopatata2732
    @potatopatata2732 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Movies- Marine Biologist: It's a Gulper eel, it can *intelligent things*
    Real life- Marine Biologist: Wow! Touch it

  • @cryptocorynes1253
    @cryptocorynes1253 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    it looks like a toad tadpole when its ballooning

  • @stacylewis4894
    @stacylewis4894 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fabulous footage! I've seen still pics of these creatures but you can't grasp the 3D structure at all until you see it in motion like this. I'm addicted to EVNautilus videos but this is by far the best!

  • @arandom.aw1144
    @arandom.aw1144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what a time to be alive, i always read about them in my jacque cousteau books as a kid, never thought i'd actually get to see one for real (even if its just on video). Seriously amazing.

  • @kristofszilvasi9021
    @kristofszilvasi9021 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Doctor:" Pelican eel POG doesn't exist"
    Pelican eel POG: 1:26

    • @wadecartwright4277
      @wadecartwright4277 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gulper eel

    • @Solar_2007
      @Solar_2007 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@wadecartwright4277 you mean Eurypharynx pelecanoides?

  • @thecomplainer6365
    @thecomplainer6365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Topic *Pets*
    Me: *Looks at video
    Looks at topic
    Then back at video*
    Wow, what a nice dog

    • @panoken2130
      @panoken2130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Jacob Tidwell No, that's clearly a canary.

    • @felix_a_fiend
      @felix_a_fiend 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tristan Lambert stop trying to correct people..
      But like.... that’s a capybara, sorry to break it to you.

  • @ChristaMeanus
    @ChristaMeanus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Imagine the people to discover that.
    “Oh hey look at this Bob! Some species of eel, doesn’t look to bad with its- JESUS CHRIST WHAT IS THAT?!?”

    • @paulmurphy5244
      @paulmurphy5244 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just imagine the the weird things lurking deep down in our oceans that we still haven't discovered yet!
      😧

  • @TheMelanielolz
    @TheMelanielolz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That's such an amazing find. The shapes were so confusing at first. Good job Nautilus!

  • @bazzmcfury9550
    @bazzmcfury9550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Eel- "can't BELIEVE I got premature deflation on camera..."

  • @NicolaiAAA
    @NicolaiAAA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love these scientists, getting all giddy over the creatures they see, yelling ridiculous things like I would ("Touch it!" "Googly eyes!"). I want another Nautilus Live to happen so bad just because of how much fun it was.

    • @profile2047
      @profile2047 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also this thing hangs out in the deep sea and apparently is very rare to actually see. Not disagreeing at all by the way. Just attempting to add some more fun to it.

  • @galleryg998
    @galleryg998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I love how wonderfully nerdy this goofballs are, I mean:
    'It's a Muppet!'
    'Catch it!'

  • @atcatcatc
    @atcatcatc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    woman: "wow, it just got so big"
    man: *nervous laughter*

    • @vipahman
      @vipahman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My wife said the same thing too.

    • @tdhaarp
      @tdhaarp 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣, that was a pretty funny comment!

  • @embratoor
    @embratoor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Truly the best part of this video were the scientists (?) in the background.

    • @InvisiblerApple
      @InvisiblerApple 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Nothing is more wholesome than a group of happy scientists.

    • @mlgproplayer2915
      @mlgproplayer2915 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol

    • @aspiknf
      @aspiknf 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The best part of the video was the eel, not the scientists.

  • @keithparker9329
    @keithparker9329 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are having too much fun! I love it! These under water discoveries are fascinating to say the least! Great job.

  • @iCazZiStronZi
    @iCazZiStronZi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    1:13 *Girl:* “WOW IT JUST GOT SOO BIG”
    *Guy:** bursts out laughing *
    (You know exactly what he was thinking) 🤣🤣🤣

  • @lepi9577
    @lepi9577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    ahhh so that's where that harvest otomatones

  • @squidsquiddly5970
    @squidsquiddly5970 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love the commentary on this

  • @johnwalters1341
    @johnwalters1341 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    A live Eurypharynx! Now I can die happy!

  • @peggybaby0894
    @peggybaby0894 ปีที่แล้ว

    This camera quality is spectacular! First video I’ve watched in this channel and I’m sold!!! ❤❤😊

  • @wolflinggon5664
    @wolflinggon5664 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My local aquarium had a video of one of these playing… I swear a few adults screamed

  • @Russianbluez
    @Russianbluez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    seeing this move was surreal, it definitely looked like a muppet

  • @auroresboreales8984
    @auroresboreales8984 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is awesomely hilarious, the people in the background 😂😂

  • @VocalArmory
    @VocalArmory 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    You know that this is the first image/video found of a live gulper eel, right? All other specimens were dead when their pictures were snapped, and nobody really knows much about them. Nautilus team you guys made scientific history!

    • @lesliepropheter5040
      @lesliepropheter5040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wonder what was irritating the Eel to give us the whole show. Transformer!

  • @TheZombieSaints
    @TheZombieSaints ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! I've only ever seen "artist's renditions" of them before. Glad I clicked on this one! 👍👍

  • @dewilew2137
    @dewilew2137 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This thing took so many different forms that I still don’t understand what I was looking at.